Thibodaux church hosting Black History Month celebration

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Feb 20, 2013 at 9:59 PM

Thibodaux is hosting its first citywide Black History Month celebration, and everyone’s invited.

Katie UrbaszewskiStaff Writer

Thibodaux is hosting its first citywide Black History Month celebration, and everyone’s invited.The event begins at 7 p.m. Friday at Thibodaux High School and will include a speech by East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden and performances by a church choir and dance team, said the Rev. Nelson Dan Taylor Sr., pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church of Thibodaux. Taylor organized the event and he said he hopes to see everyone come to celebrate “the accomplishments of our own local black heroes who helped us thus far on our journey to overcome.”“The history of the African-American community is a continuing and evolving part of the history of the American people, a living testimony of our determination to be one nation under God with liberty and justice for all,” Taylor said.The choir from The New Vision Christian Community Church in Raceland will perform, as well as the dance team from Magnolia United Methodist Church in Thibodaux, Taylor said.The theme is “From Slavery to Freedom, a Continuing Triumph of American History.”